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No. 312,551. Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OEEIEE.

EVAN F. CASH, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TO RACHEL A. MERCER AND DAVID RAN KIN, OF SAME- PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,551, dated February 17,1885.

Application filed June .10, 1852. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EVAN F. CASH, of Bell aire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Im provement in Lanterns; and Ido hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The purpose of my invention is the production of a simple and inexpensive single-globe lantern in which the flame will not be extinguished by violent Wind-currents or by violent movement of the lantern in any direction.

. 1 The noveltyin this lantern is believed to consist in the means employed for maintaining an equilibrium in the combustion of the flame,

and in the means for supporting the globe in pqsition, all as more fully hereinafter described.

For the better comprehension of my inven-' tion, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of my lantern; Fig.

2, a plan view from above of the lower interior of the same, and Fig. 3 a central section of the lower part of the same.

Similar letters denote like parts in each figure.

In this lantern, A denotes the top, being preferably the same as that used on the wellknown Buckeye Lanterns. The guard B,however, unlike that in the lanterns named, is composed of two wires, c a, at the rear; anda 5 single wire, I), bent across at the top, with two dependent legs, I), and the feet 0 c c c of all these wires pass through the upper part of the guard section or band C and extend into the interior of the lantern, with aslight curve 4o downwardly and upwardly, so as to form seats d d d d for the globe to rest upon. To the up per ends of the wires to a the top of the lantern is hinged, and it is secured by a springlatch over the top of the wire I), and when so 4 5 secured the top of the lantern fits down closely over the top of the globe, leaving no air-inlet around the top of the same. The globe D, of a well-known form, rests upon these seat-sd d d d, with its lower edge nearly on a level with the top of the band C, and there is a clear open space, E,between theinterior of this band Oand the exterior of the bottom of the globe, and this is the onlyinlet from which air may enter the lantern for the support of combustion. The.

base-ring F ofthe lantern is hinged to the band 0 upon one side, the lower portion of the band Ofitting, preferably, into the upper part of the basering F as closely as possible, so as to admit no air at the joint. Near the bottom of the band C an annular disk, G, is secured, from the center of which rises ajacket, H, to

a point above the top of the band Oand above the bottom of the globe when in position. A flanged deflector, H, fits closely over the jacket H, and extends down nearly to the top of the disk. This disk G has perforations or equivalent openings 6 c c, to allow the passage of air. There is no obstruction whatever between the'disk G and thejacket H and the interior of the globe, and the air-chamber of 0 the globe is thus extended down practically to said disk, as shown by K. The base ring sits upon and is secured to the top f of the oilchainber I, contained in the base J of thelantern, and when the lantern is closed there is 7 formed an air-chamber, K, between the top f and the disk G. A jacket, L, rises from this top f, so that its top iits tightly within the bot tom of the jacket H when the lantern is closed; but at its bottom are openings r g y, which permit the passage of air to and from the airchamber K. The bottom of the burner M, which is one of the well-known forms of burners, fits tightly into the nozzle N of the oilreservoir, and when in position its top rises to about a level with the top of the jacket H. The air which enters the lantern by the airpassage E passes into the chamber above the disk G. So much of it as needed to support combustion passes through said disk into the 0 chamber K and up through the openings 9 g g and through the ordinary air-openings in the base of the burner to the flame. Other portions of the air remain in equilibrium in the air-chambers of the lantern when inastate 9 5 of rest, or when not exposed to wind-currents orrto violent agitation. \Vhen so exposed, an undue portion of air entering upon one side of the air-passage E either escapes from the opposite side of the same opening or into the globe and out through the lantern-top, the

perforations of the disk G preventing the violent ingress or escape of air, while the airchamber I is of a size to hold an ample supply to maintain combustion.

The advantages which this lantern is believed to possess are those of efficiency combined with simplicity and cheapness.

Iain aware that the lantern described in the patent to Clinton, No. 242,814, of June 14, 1881., has two chambers separated by a solid annular flange, with a third chamber made by the addition of a second flange, and am also aware that it has an airinlet between the globe and globe-band, and a perforated cylinder, &c., surrounding the burner cone, and therefore refrain from broadly claiming these elements; but by dispensing with this second flange and substituting a perforated disk for the first-named flange and combining the same with other elements, as set forth in my claims, it is asserted that a cheaper, simpler, and more efficient lantern is the result.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein is 1. In a lantern, the combination, with the globe-band O, globe D, and air-supply opening E between the same, of the unobstructed air-chambers K and K,separated by the perforated disk G, substantially as and for the 

